#Hikianalia

The traditional double-hulled voyaging canoe is expected to depart Saturday morning from Keauhou Bay and head to Kawaihae for a few days before returning to Oʻahu.

The circumnavigation of the Pacific aims to begin a movement of “planetary navigators” who will work to ensure a better future for Earth.

The purpose of the sail, which will cover 3,000 miles throughout the state, is for training and to connect with communities, especially students and their families.

The trip is part of continual preparations for the Moananuiākea circumnavigation of the Pacific and will take about one week.

After consulting with science and weather experts, community partners and voyaging leadership, PVS has decided to keep the canoes primarily in Hawaiian waters until next year when severe El Niño weather conditions settle down.

Hōkūleʻa, the legendary voyaging canoe that revived the lost art of Polynesian voyaging and navigation and sparked a cultural renaissance in Hawaiʻi, is preparing to embark on a four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific.

Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia returned home to Oʻahu on Thursday evening, June 16, after a successful voyage to and from Hawaiʻi’s ancestral homeland of Tahiti.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are back in Hawaiian waters after a voyage down Kealaikahiki to Tahiti and back.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia crossed the equator on Saturday, 4, marking the halfway point of the voyage back to Hawaiʻi from Tahiti.

After more than two weeks in French Polynesia, Hawaiʻi’s traditional voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are sailing home.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are approximately 1,120 nautical miles into their journey to French Polynesia and about 90 to 95 miles west of the reference course to Tahiti.

The crews of Hōkūleʻa and her sister canoe Hikanalia on their way to Tahiti and those at home can now follow their voyage virtually.

Due to the latest weather forecast, the Polynesian Voyaging Society is delaying the departure of Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia to Hilo.

The Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia voyaging canoes are set to sail for Tahiti in the coming days after three postponements over the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia’s departure to Hilo before setting sail for French Polynesia has been rescheduled to Monday, April 4, 2022, at the earliest.

Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are getting ready to set sail on the ancient sea road of Kealaikahiki to Hawaiʻi’s ancestral homeland of Tahiti.

Two large anchors discovered in the French Frigate Shoals by voyaging canoe crew members of the Hikianalia are thought to be remains of an old whaling ship from the 1800s.

Sales & Marketing Executives Honolulu (SME Honolulu) reports that this year’s Salesperson of the Year (SPOY) is Master Navigator Nainoa Thompson.

Polynesian voyaging canoe Hikianalia and her crew returned to Sand Island on O‘ahu the night of Dec. 12, 2018, at approximately 10 p.m.

After sailing using traditional navigation, without the aid of modern instruments, the crew of “Hikianalia” spotted northern Oʻahu just after sunrise this morning.